Oh, as usual, dear.

This is gonna be messy.

The Doctor Who soundtrack is up at iTunes! This may not be ! worthy to most people, but I'm excited.

]He asked me what it was about and I said, "Two brothers search for their father while battling the hellish forces of evil. And did I mention they're hot?"

I keep trying to explain it to people. But perhaps if you said, "Okay, so, you know how in BtVS, the metaphor was 'high school is hell?' Well, in Supernatural, it's 'family is hell.' Oh, and the boys? Hot." it might work.

That can backfire. One of the reasons I avoided the show was that pretty much every comment on my friends list was all drooliness about the actors/characters, and that read to me "actual show is crap." (I did eventually find some more interesting commentary from loligo and mely, but that made it clear that it had the sort of lame treatment of minority and female characters that would drive me nuts, so I still wasn't interested.)

A lot of the time that's the way to bet with a lot of fannish shows. But not all of them, for sure.

(I haven't had a chance today to squee about the Espenson news.)

that made it clear that it had the sort of lame treatment of minority and female characters that would drive me nuts, so I still wasn't interested.

I think it's getting a little better with regards to the women characters (this episode notwithstanding--why, exactly, did Gloria have to be wearing a bustier to hang around her slovenly apartment in Providence in January?), but the jury is still somewhat out on how they're handling minority characters.

I want better handling of those issues, but really I'm all about the family dynamic on the show. Happily, it's not a crap show, and the new commitment to consequences is a trend I hope they will continue to follow.

It's a bit embarrassing, though--I haven't been this emotionally invested in a show since the glory days of Farscape, which I had no qualms about saying was excellent tv. I have to say that I still find SPN to be very fun and entertaining tv, but not yet excellent.

Breaking SPN news....

I just determined that Eric Kripke is a cousin of my friend's husband. He's also from Toledo, and now I'm starting to wonder if Sam's GF's name is a shoutout....

Sadly, this news doesn't put me anywhere closer to having a Winchester.

I think it's getting a little better with regards to the women characters (this episode notwithstanding--why, exactly, did Gloria have to be wearing a bustier to hang around her slovenly apartment in Providence in January?), but the jury is still somewhat out on how they're handling minority characters.

And they are making an effort. Stumbling along at times, but making an effort, which is more than I can say for a lot of genre TV.

this episode notwithstanding--why, exactly, did Gloria have to be wearing a bustier to hang around her slovenly apartment in Providence in January?

She's a hoor.

As for the minority characters--my main opinion is that there aren't enough of them. The ones that have appeared were handled fine in my eyes.

I think it's getting a little better with regards to the women characters

That's good to hear, because that is one of the things that has been bugging me while going through S1. Also, why are almost all of the female characters blonde? It seems like if there's a brunette, it's pretty likely she's monster bait and will die within two scenes.

The ones that have appeared were handled fine in my eyes.

So far as I could tell, yeah. It's just been a very white world so far.